{"id":395333,"date":"2026-01-08T14:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/395333\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:52:16","slug":"forrest-gump-the-us-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/395333\/","title":{"rendered":"Forrest Gump &#038; The US Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the movie \u201cForrest Gump,\u201d Forrest is\u00a0a long-distance runner.\u00a0He\u00a0crosses the United States five times before he finally decides he is &#8220;pretty tired&#8221; and stops. Forrest\u2019s run lasted 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours. In the US, real GDP has been growing since the two-month pandemic lockdown recession ended in April 2020. So its run has lasted 5 years, 8 months, and 7 days\u00a0so\u00a0far. In our Roaring 2020s scenario, we expect the economy to continue growing through the end of the decade without a recession.<\/p>\n<p>If so, then the current bull market in equities should continue through the end of the decade. For now, we can say that it started on October 12, 2022, and is still going strong. We are pleased to see that Dow Theory agrees with our upbeat outlook. The Dow Jones Industrial Average\u00a0(DJIA)\u00a0rose to a new record high today, and the Dow Jones Transportation Average\u00a0(DJTA)\u00a0did the same yesterday (chart).\u00a0Such mutual confirmations have signaled more economic growth ahead. The DJIA is likely to rise to 50,000 in coming weeks\u00a0and could\u00a0reach\u00a070,000 by the\u00a0end of the decade.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gateway-52.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>            Join thousands who rely on QuickTakes<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 1rem 0; opacity: 0.9;\">Unlock the rest of this QuickTakes post \u2014 plus all premium content<\/p>\n<p>                \u2713 5\u20138 market-moving QuickTakes each week (vs 1\u20133 on free)<br \/>\n                \u2713 Weekly video commentary from Dr. Yardeni<br \/>\n                \u2713 Complete research archive at your fingertips<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardeniquicktakes.com\/membership\/\" onclick=\"plausible(&#039;CTA_Click&#039;, {props: {location: &#039;paywall&#039;, member_status: &#039;logged_out&#039;, button_text: &#039;Unlock Everything&#039;, page_type: &#039;post&#039;, content_visibility: &#039;paid&#039;}})\" class=\"btn-shimmer-white\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.375rem; font-weight: 600; color: #2e7e74; padding: 0.75rem 2rem; border-radius: 9999px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s; box-shadow: 0 10px 15px -3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                Unlock Everything<\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;\">Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\" href=\"#\/portal\/signin\" onclick=\"plausible('Signin_Click', {props: {location: 'paywall'}})\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the movie \u201cForrest Gump,\u201d Forrest is\u00a0a long-distance runner.\u00a0He\u00a0crosses the United States five times before he finally decides&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":{"0":"post-395333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}